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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84069	The great earthquake, Revel. 16. 18. or, Fall of all the churches. Discovering the apostasie of purest churches, not yet sensible of their spiritual whoredoms, EZek. 43.9, 10. Or, The great whore made bare and naked before she be judged, and her flesh burnt with fire, Rev. 27. 16. Proving, that none indeed deny the ordinances of Christ, but present churches not being in a Gospel-order. By William Erbery.	Erbery, William, 1604-1654.; J. W.	1654 (1654)	Wing E3227; Thomason E806_7; ESTC R207174	48,514	64

they need no order nor ordinance nor officers of the church they see and know all the truths of Christ therefore by the judgement of Christ they are blind and men shall shortly behold their nakednesse Fourthly Laodicea was neither hot nor cold these last churches are not so cold as National churches but they have not that heat and fire which was in the first churches of Christ therefore Christ will spew them out of his mouth and not take up their name into his lips any more nor love them as his church and spouse but loath them as the filth of the great Whore Now to returne to return to that we said before All the Ordinances in the church became defiled unclean and her forms the flesh of the whore not being salted with fire that is when the sacrifice was no more salted with salt which is of a fiery substance and keeps flesh from tainting When that holy fire was found wanting in the church all her flesh her forms and ordinances did stink and became defiled as those that touched an unclean thing or dead body for the manifestation of the spirit being departed from the church the church must needs be a dead body as those dry bones in Babylon signified the state of the church in the apostacy in spiritual Babylon where the church is not in the unity of the spirit and bond of peace but as those divided sticks in the Prophets hand the one for Judah and his companions the other stick for Joseph and his companions this is the dead divided state of the church in Babylon which is a city not in unity with it self as Jerusalem but divided into three parts so Babylon is and so the churches in Babylon are Presbytery Independant and baptized churches For though in the primitive times there were divisions between brother and brother in the churches yet never was there a division between church and church as at this day All the brethren walked in one church-way worshiping God with one consent one church-order ordinances and officers were all by the same spirit alike in all the churches who in this sense at least kept the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace for as there was one body among all so but one baptism but as the churches are now divided bodies so their baptisms are divers one church baptizeth the whole Nation another church baptized only the children of believers the third baptized only believers themselves Thus we may truly say the whore sits upon many waters many baptisms besides those rivers of living waters those manifold gifts of the spirit are dryed up in the churches much less doth the spirit shew them that pure river of life proceeding out of the Throne of God and of the Lamb in the new Jerusalem the churches being destitute both of fire and water having not that holy spirit given to the church of Christ must be but a dead body and he that toucheth them is unclean This the Prophet Haggai hinted at when he asked the Priests that if one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment and with his skirt do touch bread or pottage or wine or oyl or any meat shall it be holy and the Priests answered no. Then said Haggai If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these shall it be unclean and the Priests answered saying It shall be unclean So is this Nation before me saith rhe Lord and so is every work of their hands it is unclean Hagg. 2.12 13 14. Every Saint in the spirit freed from church-forms or not embondaged to partiality can easily interpret that text That though there be Saints by calling in the present church and she bear holy flesh in her skirt that cannot make any thing clean to her or them and if they touch a dead body as the church now is all that they touch therein it is unclean so is this people and so is this Nation before me saith the Lord and so is every work of their hands and every ordinance among them it is unclean If this be true as true it is that the forms of churchfellowship being defiled forms are become the flesh of the whore then must she be utterly burnt with fire yea those ten Kings which have received no kingdom as yet but receive power as kings one hour with the beast who with one mind give their power and strength to the beast who make war with the lamb that is with Christ in us with God in the Saints when the lamb shall overcome them and the power of God in the Saints appear above them then these shall hate the whore and make her desolate and naked and burn her flesh with fire If the honourable Parliament would but be pleased God so appearing in them to judge things in the spirit and see how dead and desolate the churches are of the gifts of the spirit how naked they are not adorned with one spiritual gift they would no more dote on the whores flesh though nevee so fair nor on any forms though never so oft reformed but burn her flesh with fire when thus the powerfull appearance of the great God shall be manifested in men and Magistrates the churches shall appear no more This is the second appearance of Christ of God in men in the first appearance of Christ the church appeared yet cloathed with all the gifts of the spirit that is God appeared in power in the midst of Saints but when God shall appear now the second time God dwelling among men which is the new Jerusalem then that church nor those first gifts of the spirit shall appear any more but the spirit even God himself shall minister in his own glory and power nothing but God shall appear in man and man shall appear no more no need of churches or ministers when God shall be our church and the house we live in when God in us shall minister all light unto us Thus in the new Jerusalem there is no Temple no churchstate nor ordinance and the city hath no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it for the glory of God shall lighten it and the lamb is the light thereof Sun and Moon are now the lights of the world these are the ordinances of heaven and have been the ordinary means of conveying light to the earth the sun the light of the day the moon and stars the light of the night so there has been a ministry by day and night in the day of Christ and the first appearing of God there was a ministry of Apostles Prophets Pastors and Teachers as the ordinary means of light to the world and to the church when the church came under the night of Apostacy and while the spirit of Antichrist was come in power darkning the sun and the air there was still a ministry of men as the means of light yet as the moon to the night ever changing in several fosms of Popery Episcopacy Presbytery

water with measure whereas the Churches of Christ had the spirit given without measure so the chiefest Ministers have nothing b●t what comes of man to make and bake their bread withall therefore their bread which they break must needes be unclean or as the Prophet cals it the bread of mourners This mourning and famin of the Churches we shall speak of once more when we come to shew the judgement of the great whore but now our businesse is only to make her naked for this man chosen before to be a Ruler swore that as he had not bread so neither cloathing in his house to cover his nakedness This naked estate which the Laodicean Church could not see is nothing but the discovery of her shame and secret parts For this we shall see anon not only Babylon the great whores leggs made bare as that which is much spoken of by the Prophets to make bare her skirts but even Zyon's secret parts must be made bare also These secret parts are those spiritualities in men of parts as we call them their Parts and Arts and all their ability shall appear to be nothing but emptinesse and vanity for that 's the nakednesse that the Famin also foretold What is this famin or hunger 'T is the vanity and vexation of spirit out of the darknesse of understanding whereby the Churches vex and fret themselves that they cannot destroy all others who conform not to their forms This definition is clearly delivered in Scripture and applyed also here to the Churches as was shewed in part before of Ephraim feeding on the wind that 's vanity or emptinesse and upon the Eastwind that 's vexing and annoying the grouth of corn As by hunger is there an emptinesse of the stomack and a fretting of the guts with wind besides in famin men will feed on anothers flesh yea eat their own at last That which we said of the Churches eating the flesh one of another is that which we speak of here their seeking to destroy each other and others who conform not to them and this out of a darkness of understanding All is clear Isa 8.18 Behold I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are signes and wonders in Israel Israel is the Church-state as those who are given to the Prophet are Saints carried forth to that glory which the Prophet speaks of even to God himself from all dead forms false Teachers and teachings of men v. 19. that such Saints are secretly wrought against by strong confederacy of the Churches is proved before v. 7. for sure according to man here is much cause of fear dread and destruction to such Saints who will not conform to their forms of Churches The Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of his people That is the Prophet could scarce forbear to walk in Church-fellowship with them had not God spoken by a strong hand and which held him from their societies for who would not walk with so many thousands in association joyned and gathered together But those who are instructed of the Lord know that the gatherings of the Nations yea of National Saints is for no other end than as sheaves are gathered to be thresht or as dry sticks are gathered to be broken Both these are Scripture expressions Mich. 4.12 Zeph. 3.8 the breaking in pieces of Churches is that which is here spoken of Zech. 11.10 For as Judah and Israel are by Ezekiel called two dry sticks dead bones so the Prophet here breaking his staffe Beauty shews that the Lord is breaking his Covenant that he made with all the people that is all the Churches are broken for their Covenant which once they thought and taught to be essential to the Church that Church-Covenant is now broken they are ashamed to call it so any longer 'T is now an Agreement or Association For as Church-fellowship is now called an Agreement of Saints to walk in the ways of Christ so when Saints differ or some great controversie ariseth here is an association of Churches nothing differing from a Classical or Provincial Presbytery though the Independant Elders are not pleased to call it so But what saith our Prophet Isay 3.8 Associate your selves O ye people and ye shall be broken in pieces gird your selves and ye shall be broken in pieces c. Formerly there was a gathering of Churches but the everlasting Gospel shall be yet preached by an Angel flying in the midst of heaven with more freedom and fulnesse of salvation with more light and glory then the first Apostles who preached the Gospel with the holy spirit sent down from heaven which the present Churches have not received yet conceive they can preach the Gospel having not the gift of the spirit to manifest the mystery but when Christ shall come again in spirit when Christ shall appear the second time without sin to salvation surely then death shall be quite abolished and that last enemy destroyed and utter destruction shall be no more for sin and evil shall be seen no more but salvation only and life shall be again brought to light with more glory then ever as I shall shew another time in another Treatise with God But now two parts of the Lords Land shall be cut off and die two parts of Gods people I count are scattered from God in gathered Churches these shall be cut off and die till they come out of Babylon till they return to God that is till they be gathered up to God such Saints are said to live whose life appears in God The next Judgements are Mourning and Famin this the Churches make to be the excellency of a Christian to be mourning for sin and complaining for the want of grace whereas this is but the weakness of a Saint the weak low and legal estate of Christians the Churches shall have enough of mourning and famin to the full while the Saints in the spirit shall be filled with joy joy in God and feast on the God-head dwelling in them My servants shall eat but ye shall be hungry my servants shall drink but ye shall be thirsty my servants shall sing for joy of heart but ye shall howle for vexation of spirit and ye shall leave your name as a curse to my chosen for the Lord God shall slay thee and call his servants by another name Esa 65.13 14 15. These whom the Lord God will slay are the Apostate Churches which seperate themselves having not the spirit which say not only to the world but to Saints not in fellowwip with themselves stand by thy self come not near me for I am holyer then thou v. 5. These are said to remain among the graves and lodg in the monuments v. 4. because they are dead and the dead are there as in the Whores house before yea though they would build a house for God Esa 61.1 yet all their sacrifices and ordinances are but as the cutting off a doggs